Irene McAllister is an experienced human resources consultant with a background in organization and leadership development and strategic human resources systems. Irene has expertise in helping organizations assure that their people systems are aligned with business strategy. She works closely with senior leadership teams to find practical, business-oriented solutions to difficult organization issues. Her focus is on helping managers achieve success by developing positive relationships at all levels.

Irene has provided consulting and training for managers in leadership skills, performance management, succession planning, and positive employee relations. She has developed strategic human resources policies and processes for companies of all sizes, and facilitated focus groups and organizational assessments. Irene has particular expertise in helping new leaders quickly transition to their responsibilities by facilitating a new leader assimilation process with the manager and his or her team. This process accelerates the new leader’s productivity by several months, by promoting immediate, candid and open communication concerning matters relevant to the group and their relationship with the manager.

Irene has held several senior level positions with diverse organizations. Most recently, she was vice president of corporate services for Tuscarora Incorporated, a packaging company with sales of $300MM and over 40 manufacturing locations in the United States , Mexico , and the United Kingdom . At Tuscarora, Irene led the human resources, quality, safety and environmental affairs, procurement and marketing functions. Prior to that, she was the vice president of human resources for the company, and was responsible for starting up the human resources function and developing strategic policies and procedures. Irene also was a human resources manager for General Electric’s Power Systems business, and is a graduate of GE’s prestigious human resource leadership training program.

Irene earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Marquette University and a Masters in Industrial Relations from the University of Minnesota . She is a member of the Advisory Board and Past President of the Pennsylvania State University ’s Beaver campus of the Commonwealth College . She has been a lecturer in St. Francis University ’s masters in industrial relations program, and teaches human resources management for Penn State University ’s HR certificate program.

She is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management, and a past board member for both the Pittsburgh Human Resource Association and the Pittsburgh Human Resource Planning Society.

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